Nucleosomes

For a general introduction beyond what is provided below, please see Wikipedia: Nucleosome. For a list of nucleosome structures, see Category: Nucleosome.

Scenes for Projection in Biochemistry Classes
This section offers some large scenes of a nucleosome (1aoi), as determined in Tim Richmond's lab, suitable for projection in biochemistry classes.



1. Composition : DNA, Protein .

2. DNA   display displayed,*:i,*:j hide hidden,*:i,*:j true 

3. Histones   display displayed,*:c,*:g hide hidden,*:c,*:g</scriptWhenUnchecked> true </jmolCheckbox> <font color='red'>H2a   display displayed,*:d,*:h</scriptWhenChecked> hide hidden,*:d,*:h</scriptWhenUnchecked> true </jmolCheckbox> <font color='orange'>H2b   display displayed,*:a,*:e</scriptWhenChecked> hide hidden,*:a,*:e</scriptWhenUnchecked> true </jmolCheckbox> <font color='green'>H3   display displayed,*:b,*:f</scriptWhenChecked> hide hidden,*:b,*:f</scriptWhenUnchecked> true </jmolCheckbox> <font color='blue'>H4 

4. <scene name='Nucleosomes/Rockets/4'>Secondary Structure 

<ul> <li><scene name='Nucleosomes/Rockets/10'>H2a and H2b only </li> <li><scene name='Nucleosomes/Rockets/11'>H3 and H4 only </li> </ul>

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Additional Resources
For Additional Information, See: Nucleic Acids